My wife Janis is a very wise and discerning person. She said something the other day that I believe merits sharing with you, because there is a real lesson here for each of us. We were talking about a member of her extended family that I had never met, and she had not seen in years. This person I am talking about has or had a very cantankerous nature and had a way of doing things or saying things that rubbed you wrong, regardless of how hard you tried to…

As the old saying goes, “If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.” I have no complaints, as the Lord has blessed me with excellent health. When I was much younger, I had a couple of triple bypass surgeries because of my eating habits -- greasy steaks on the grill will do it every time. But other than that, my insurance companies have made money on me. Now, here at age 85, the problem with my teeth has caught…

With all the bad news we get each day, how about some great news for a change? Back in 2018, I told you about a remarkable young man by the name of JoVoni Johnson. At the time he was a 10th-grade student from a single-parent home who had received one of our personalized bookcases in 2005, the very first year we started our project. His grades were so good in 10th grade that he was already getting scholarship offers from colleges around the country. He came and spoke to us…